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As the city of Seattle wrestles with how to balance the needs of its homeless and housed residents through its encampment cleanup policies, the Poulsbo City Council took a different approach: Take the services or go to jail. The Poulsbo City Council unani ...

Click to view larger Hanna Brooks Olsen In the city of Seattle, you may be ticketed for camping or sleeping in a public place, sitting on a sidewalk, or using the restroom. In other words, things that people who live inside do every day without thinking t ...

The United Nations sees U.S. laws criminalizing homelessness as a human rights problem Click to view all images Bob Purcell has been homeless in Seattle for six years. Photo by Jon Williams, Real Change. Edward Hill often holds a sign on Sixth Avenue near ...

The Bellevue City Council voted unanimously Nov. 20 to approve three new ordinances that will criminalize homeless people attempting to survive outside. As of Dec. 26, cars parked in public places will have to move to a new block every 24 hours. The impro ...

The new members of the Burien City Council promised their supporters a better Burien, and they are starting with the repeal of a controversial ordinance that allows police officers to bar people from parks and other public property. The Burien City Counci ...

Seattle Municipal Court is considering a case over an impounded vehicle and a parking ticket that could change how the city responds to car campers in Seattle. Steven Long is fighting a parking ticket and the fines he received when his truck was located i ...